Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy
By: Letty Cottin Pogrebin
3.99
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
An intimate memoir from a founding editor of Ms. magazine who grew up in a Jewish immigrant family …
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1. The Woman Beyond the Sea
By: Sarit Yishai-Levi
3.98
Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition
A mesmerizing novel about three generations of women who have lost each other—and the quest to weav… read more
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2. The Postcard
By: Anne Berest
4.37
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the Choix Goncourt Prize, Anne Berest’s The Postcard is a vivid portrait of twentieth-cen… read more
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"It would be wrong to call them memories; they are moments of life, that man hat es erlebt - one has lived. They are inside me, part of me, branded into my skin, you might say - but they're not memori…"-Anne Berest, The Postcard
"After the war, women in orthodox Jewish families had made it their mission to have as many children as possible to replenish the population -- and it seemed to me that the same was true for books. Th…"-Anne Berest, The Postcard
3. Künstlers in Paradise
By: Cathleen Schine
3.53
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The beloved bestselling author of The Three Weissmanns of Westport—once dubbed “the modern-day Jewi… read more
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- adult
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"If not a lost art, then an art that often rushes away from contemporary writers with all the excited energy of a disobedient dog. At least, that dog runs off from me. The best I have been able to do …"-Cathleen Schine, Künstlers in Paradise
4. Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
By: Noa Tishby
4.34
Format: None pages, Audiobook
AUDIO EXCLUSIVE: INCLUDES THE SONG “ELATION STATION” BY INFECTED MUSHROOM!A “fascinating and very m… read more
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"The truth is, there is absolutely nothing that can be said of Israel, that cannot be said of Pakistan."-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
"Instead of helping people move forward UNRWA keeps the Palestinian people in an eternal loop of displacement. Instead of solving the problem in any meaningful way, they have overseen the problem's ex…"-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
"Here's the nugget: settling the refugee problem would mean ending the war against Israel. And as of now, the Palestinians and many of the Arab world have been refusing to do so. The best way to keep …"-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
"There is almost no difference between the establishment of Israel and Pakistan. They were both created as a safe haven for persecuted groups: Jews and Muslims. They are both engaged in land disputes.…"-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
5. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
By: James McBride
4.00
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing de… read more
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6. The Boy with the Star Tattoo
By: Talia Carner
4.15
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
From acclaimed author of The Third Daughter comes an epic historical novel of ingenuity and courage… read more
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7. Kantika
By: Elizabeth Graver
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling Sephardic multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New … read more
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"Ken sos tu? I am Rebecca (Rivka, Rebekah) from my mother’s mother and the wife of Isaac in the Bible. The name means “to tie firmly"-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika
"Where are you going, where have you been? Do you have children? How was the voyage? What is the news of the world? What can I do for you? Please, sit. Eat. She’ll give them the name of Villa Erna, th…"-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika
8. One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World
By: Michael Frank
4.27
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
One of Wall Street Journal ’s Ten Best Books of the Year * Winner of the National Jewish Book Award… read more
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"I do believe that as we travel through life we become a different person in every situation, or context, or phase."-Michael Frank, One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World
9. An Observant Wife
By: Naomi Ragen
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this rich and compassionate novel, An Observant Wife, Naomi Ragen continues the love story betwe… read more
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10. The Thread Collectors
By: Shaunna J. Edwards
4.10
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
1863: In a small Creole cottage in New Orleans, an ingenious young Black woman named Stella embroid… read more
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- adult
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"As everyone around her knew, there were so many ways to not be free."-Shaunna J. Edwards, The Thread Collectors
11. Once We Were Home
By: Jennifer Rosner
3.93
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From Jennifer Rosner, National Jewish Book Award Finalist and author of The Yellow Bird Sings , com… read more
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12. An Unorthodox Match
By: Naomi Ragen
3.96
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
California girl Lola has her life all set up: business degree, handsome fiancé, fast track career, … read more
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"If you want to change who you are, change what you want."-Naomi Ragen, An Unorthodox Match
"Forging peace between people always outweighed the truth."-Naomi Ragen, An Unorthodox Match
"He felt the joy spread down his body like a slow anointing with holy oil, warm and soothing, from head to toe."-Naomi Ragen, An Unorthodox Match
"So many hypocrites, people busy preaching acceptance and tolerance but hating and rejecting everyone who isn't exactly like them."-Naomi Ragen, An Unorthodox Match
13. Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy
By: Letty Cottin Pogrebin
3.99
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
An intimate memoir from a founding editor of Ms. magazine who grew up in a Jewish immigrant family … read more
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14. The Marriage Box
By: Corie Adjmi
3.66
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Casey Cohen, a Middle Eastern Jew, is a sixteen-year-old in New Orleans in the 1970s when she start… read more
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15. The Enemy Beside Me
By: Naomi Ragen
4.16
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Inspired by true events, Naomi Ragen's The Enemy Beside Me is a powerful, provocative novel about t… read more
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16. Hotel Cuba
By: Aaron Hamburger
3.97
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Fleeing the chaos of World War I and the terror of the Soviet Revolution, practical, sensible Pearl… read more
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17. Leaving Eastern Parkway a novel
By: Matthew Daub
4.30
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Brooklyn’s Hasidic community of Lubavitchers is turned upside down when family tragedy strikes and … read more
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18. Long Island Compromise
By: Taffy Brodesser-Akner
3.88
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An exhilarating novel about one American family, the dark moment that shatter… read more
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19. The Prison Minyan
By: Jonathan Stone
4.31
Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition
Welcome to Otisville, America's only Jewish prison...where a new celebrity inmate is about to shatt… read more
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20. How the Light Gets In
By: Joyce Maynard
4.27
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard comes the eagerly anticipated follow-up to her… read more
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21. Kissing Girls on Shabbat: A Memoir
By: Sara Glass
4.38
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A moving coming-of-age memoir in the vein of Unorthodox and Brazen , about one young woman’s desper… read more
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